change tracking annoyance

[Reng, Dr. Winfried]

Hi Fred,

When you place the insertion point directly after a word and
before a space and start typing regular characters, FM inserts 
the characters in green. As expected.
When you then enter a space, FrameMaker overwrites the existing 
space (if you have "Smart Spaces" activated). That way the existing 
space gets crossed out in red. However, FM does not add the space
which you just typed as the deleted space still counts for the
"Smart Spaces" feature.

2 solutions:
o Enter the insertion point not directly before a space but after
  the space. Then start typing.
o Turn off "Smart Spaces".

Best regards

Winfried

> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com 
> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Fred Wersan
> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 7:10 PM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: change tracking annoyance
> 
> I am using Framemaker 8, structured (which probably doesn't 
> matter for 
> this). When I enable the change tracking feature, I 
> frequently find that 
> when I start typing new text and press the spacebar, the space is 
> entered as deleted text (red dash), not new text. I have to 
> accept the 
> deletion and then type a new space to get the space back in.
> 
> Does anyone know a solution for this? It is very annoying.
> 
> Fred
> -- 
> Fred Wersan
> Senior Technical Writer
> VT MAK
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> Cambridge, MA 02138
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